, 1887-08-18
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| Provcments.
The Canadian F.r;fc has reduced
| the running time between Vancouver
and Montreal - twenty hours
| Six thousand feet Of tract, Z day is
being laid ~ the California Central
on Its Rivcr>ide. Santa Ana and Los
Angeles line The road will ba CON
pleted to Santa Ana his weaIi-
| The ship \. G. Ropes, which sailed
from Yokohama q few days ago for
Tacoma, has on board 2-O0O,01
pounds OF ten, the largest consi-n
mcnt ever made from that port. The
tea will be shipped to Chicago over
the Northern Pacific main line via
switchback.
! Considerable interest is felt in min
lu% circles il the city of Mexico over
4 report that m English company has
recently been organized in London
to buy the famous Real del Monte
mine, celebrated in the history Of
Mexico. The pricc to be paid is
! stated t" be f.om $+.000002to 5000
600.
| Yakima Signal: An association
has been formed here for the hand
ling of the surplus hay crop of
Yakima, which, il il estimated,
amounts to about 3OG0 tons. Hay is
how selling at Tacoma fJr SIS to $50
per ton, which would make the value
IN that market Of tho SUTD!usage of
this country between So, GOO and $50
loco.
Eugene Higgins, one OF Mr.. Cieye-
lamps most prominent officials at
| Washington, frankly say ;:ait civil
service reform Is q humbug from be-
ginning to end" Higgins ought TO
try to stop peddling such ''chest-
nut as that. Even George William
| Curtis, the ''mHn milliner'' OF New
York, admits the same thing, bat in
more choice language
| Wheat production in India does
not increase as was expected. Though
that country now has 14000 miles of
railway, and is steadily increasing
the mileage at the rate Of 1900 miles
Il year yet q decrease OF production
is reported, the last crop aggregating
only 236,0O0,0 900 bushei5 tthe yield
being less than uine bushels per
acre., against an average of 2GC,00i,-
coo for series Of previoua gears.
Judge j. r. Lewis Of this place
runs 4 large farm near Yakima, and
has recently been over there to super
intend his harvesting. He put up
100 tons of hay off a 100 acre mead.
ow. About half the meadow was in
timothy, which yielded nearly three
ions per acre and the other half was
in wild grass, which yielded about
one and half tons to the acre. His
oats and barley were very fine grained
, the oats Weighing Y pounds to the
bushel-SedtIe Press.
The Oregon Railway & Navigation
company seems to have walked uE
under 7. j. Potter's management
: All their old boats on the Coiumbi;
river are tobe thoroughly overhauIeC
and repaired, and a new boat will b'
built for passenger service from Port
] land to Astoria, with an ye for speed
and comfort The Telephone, tn,
= liveliest stern-wheel boat in tn,
{ world, is Il thorn in the flesh to tn,
company and the new boat will b,
built, no doubt, to compete with her
5 By the direction of the presiden
, the secretary of the interior has OF
3 dered that all Withdrawals of indem
T nifty lands in favor of railroads shall
be revoked and the lands thrown opeI
, to settlement. This is only repeti,
, ton of the order made in regard t.
, the principal land grant roads some
time ago. II is also declared by tn,
president that where land is already
occupied by the settler, if the ques
: ton of railroad title comes up, tht
railroad must give way in every case
The Northwestern Litmberman, o
Chicago. continues to predict an iii
5 creasirg trade for the sawmill pro
. ducts of the Sound. In its last issu,
+ it says that ''The recent adjustmen
5 of lumber rates on the part of tb'
:. Northern Pacific railroad has had ;
| salutary effect on the order trade a
5 this point. This road has issued ;
= joint tariff for lumber or shingle.
5 from Tacoma, Seattle and points OF
the Pacific division between Tacoma
and Kalama, W. T., to Sioux City
, Omaha, Council Bluffs, ST. JOSEPH
and Kansas City at sixty cents PEE
I hundred pounds. From remarks
: dropped by leading dealers, this ha:
: already had the effect of directing
, attention to the more northwesterly
, sources of supplies Of lumber, ani
, there is 40 doubt but that quite {;
i, business will be worked up in thC
near future in heretofore almos
unknown country to tho lumber
merchants of the southwest"
Gov. Eugene Semple, in circular
letter. directs public attention to tn,
fact that the national prison associa-
ton meets at Toronto, Canada, Sep
tambpr 10th; tho national con eronct
OF conventions and charities will b;
held at Omaha, Nebraska, Au= ust 25tl
; TO 31st. The centennial celebration
, OF the PRONUNCIATION of the constitu-
ton Of the United States will occur a
Philadelphia, on the 18th, 10th ant
; 1fJn OF DeptelnDei, 1901. Inc gov
ernor says there is no money in tn,
territorial treasury appropriated fol
tue representation of Washington a
these gatherings, but says he vii
cheerfully grant letters aeceditins
; such persons as, without expense tt
the territory, may desire to atteut
them in official capacities, to the ex'
tent of five delegates for the two frs
named events, and an unlimited mum
ber of officers Cor detachments of the
national guard, or of territorial, coun
ty OF municipal officers, OF OK officer,
and citizens desiring to represent any
branch of industry, may attend the
last. The governor suggestrthat tho
cities of the territory each send ;
small detachment of picked men suf
ficient to make Ole full company oi
the national guard. Tho railroad
companies are expected TO reduce
their fares for the benefit of delegate:
to these meetings.